Nigeria For a third consecutive week, Madagascar’s capital was rocked by violent clashes as roughly 1,000 demonstrators, largely masked and mobilizing under the “Gen Z Madagascar” banner, confronted police who used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds. The sustained unrest
Morocco For the 13th consecutive day, protesters filled the streets of Morocco’s capital on Thursday, demanding sweeping reforms in jobs, housing, healthcare, and education. The Generation Z-led movement, which began in late September, has rapidly spread to major cities, including Casablanca. What initially erupted as chaotic clashes, leaving three people dead and hundreds
Morocco Anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence. Police opened fire at the protesters in a southern town, reportedly in self-defense, killing two people. The deaths in Leqliaa, about 500 kilometers (312 miles) south of the […]
Philippines Hundreds gathered in Manila to denounce budget cuts, delayed infrastructure projects and alleged corruption, with both faculty members and activist groups joining the demonstrations. The protest came days after two senators were accused of receiving kickbacks linked to flood-control projects during a televised congressional inquiry. Several construction
USA Microsoft has fired four employees who participated in protests on company premises against the firm’s ties to Israel as it wages war i Gaza, including two who took part in a sit-in this week at the office of the company’s president. Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails informing them that they were fired, the protest […]
Tunisia Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets of the capital, Tunis, on Friday to protest against President Kais Saied. The demonstrations marked four years since he moved to consolidate his one-man rule in a country once known as the birthplace of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings. On 25 July 2021, Saied suspended parliament, dismissed […]
Dominica Republic Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the National Congress in Santo Domingo to protest a proposed government plan to regularize undocumented foreign workers — most of whom are Haitian. The protest was led by the ultra-nationalist group La Antigua Orden Dominicana (The Ancient Dominican Order), which accuses the government of yielding to
Kenya A heavy police presence in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, ahead of protests planned to mark the anniversary of last year’s anti-tax demonstrations that left 60 people dead and 20 still missing. Police in riot gear barricaded parliament and the Prime Minister’s office and deployed what appeared to be tear gas. They […]